Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-07
CITY AND DISTRICT.
IN BONDAGE FOR A MONTH.
n story of Two Boys Who Were
Abducted on an d. sier SlOOp.


Abducted on an d. saer Sloop.
os-i LILIES WHICH THEY CLAIM TO HAVE ExPkRI-
S-kD On wrTSEssED-ESTIcED TO sLoOr AsD
nPKIsoSrD IN HoLD-THEIR ESCAPE
AKKIvAL N THIS CITY.
ssturcay night two poorly -clad young men, with
hlrt sTimed faces, applied To StatiOnkeeper Ro-
as.O. tue nrst precinct police station for lodgings
1he gave the names OF Edward d. Curran and
John II. screyen, aged eighteen and seventeen
yca !, respectively. They said they were natives
OF AtlantI. but had just escaped from an oyster
slOop Ia Chesapeake Bay. on which they had been
held Ia slavery for a month and subjected 10 the
most brutal treatment. Their escape W > made
Saturday night one week ago BY swimming nearly
half a mile In the water from the place where the
slOop, which they called the ''innie VI. Haywood,
Capt. Bill Phillips. anchored, near the shore al
Grape Dorchester county. Nd Tuere the lads were
given clOthlng and money by the telegraph
operator at the station. who placed them on the
stesmer EnOch Pratt when II touched at Crapo
that night, an1 by which they were taken 10
baltimore Fearing recapture and foul treatment
by The Phillips gang the boys, according 10 thelr
story. after wandering penntl-sS anu starved
about the city OF Baltimore were given a rlIe 10
this city On the Baltimore and ONO 'OysleI en-
press that arrived here Friday At midnight From
that time until when they applied 10 the polce the
boys Iramped around the city with only Two
loaves OF breaI 20 eat fearing arrest and impris-
opment as Migrants or suspicious Characters
When their story became AnOwn ut the station
tho police and newspaper men present united In
Kind attentions 10 tnen- y subscription was
takea up and the boys were given clean, warm
clothes 10 wear, a bath, and enough money 10
keep tneIa comfortably until money can be sent 10
them by their parents, who have been commu-
nicated with
CURTAINS STORY.
The story Of their abduction In Baltimore, as
told BY Curran, the elder, and spokesman OF the
two, ia Ia brief. follows: Curran was employed
as "A Telegraph operator at the New York produce
exchansr. and as o1okkeeper al NO ~ Broan"ay:
Sfrsax IN NfsN nrk TrOpn LIANT
9Th Of September vi IT to his old schoOmate
and chum Ell. They lived together for several
weeks Al NJ. Isl haverly Place, and on Wednes-
day four weeks ago last Wednesday the boys
started for Atlanta, where Curran 1 tend'd 10
spenG vacation OF A lew weeks. Between them
they lad over $50 IN money In addit lon 10 through
tickets over the Pennsylvania Railroad Arriving
In Baltimore early the next day they concluded, as
Their tickets were good Tor ten days, 10 stop over
"A few hours ana See the town. outside the depot
they were accOsted by a dapIs-r-looking young
nan, Who invited them 10 = restaurant near by
To have refreshments. and soon the |
CO,sfiI"ncC II the TWO unsuSpiclOus youngsters. |
H.. iLvft.-f ~. BOYS 10 ACCOMPANY him on his |
yacht 10 NOTt"lS amt they went win him TO the |
foot 81 Ali,ILir street Ia So the yacht. Near AT
hand LAY the sOOl Matte, Ol Crisreid Md They |
BEARDED her and Che stranger VINO had conducted !
them ma b. .N'G-, ami returned quickly 10 the |
shore. once on board, the dirty looks OF the YES
SCI AMI tsc s'tiDh, a., j1r rev ALARMED tn- boys
who sJ,.ht Jh' captain and inpiOrpt him 10 take |
them iSL0r. Iic refused With an oath, and wnel /
b-cOl;ug desperate" the boys were on the point OF
jumping 0y,rbOtri aBd swimming back, H. and |
The mate c,I JHc4.. IEd. alter beating ut III ftsf-
July Will Aani>pkr>,
CsST THEN TSIO IHK nom
and shut end l.lei IL, hatch. There they lay ]
ualiI ju-, 5eior. she aErhor was weighed, when !
Tine hllcn c,rIei a-.il. and insensible man !
was throw Gown on tht m From rhi> tInc until |
they arrived az tn oyster beds At the mouth OF the
HOnsa River in Maryland. day and hall, they !
lay IN the dtrS damp, dirty hold without food or
water, with an Unconscious man Tor companion. /
81 pi1t about 10 miles from Crapo they. IN com
Iahy ~. OILERS, who. Ike themselves, had been !
'snanet Iied, they were transferred In squads 10
dine4rnt coats that drew alongside the Matte. l
Fortunately the boys were not separated, but I
together went with CAPTAIN Phillips on buIrd ms
Soon, Inc ANNE VI. Haywood. wnrn she c,tIne up.
At mrs. he boys resisted bus blows and kicks by
the captain aud mate soon suppressed their Sjrug
I!es and cT y ana from that time on they bore tue
cOntiHIed cruelty that was pIaetced ny the Cap
the hope thit deiiverance would come every day.
t'here were beside them on the Annie the mate,
coa.-Ui sex negro called Frank jackson. but whose
hight haIle II Jim Cooke. The officers say he Is I
wanted by the authorities OF Montgomery county,
Md. doe smith, little thirteen-year-Oid
hg!attJ boy, was the only other person on board
bow JOE SMITH DISAPPEARED.
one Cay, two weeks ago, Curran's back was so
lame and stiff from a beating given him by Capt
"BilI" that he could not heaye the dredge and |
JOG smith was told 10 do IL for him Fearing TO |
say he was too weak, Joe cast the dredge over
board. out IL went foul and became entangled |
among the chains and ropes Without a word OF !
warming, the mate, Adams. seizrd "A capsIan bar, |
and, yra>ping IL with both hands as he would q |
baseball STRUCK the lett SIDE knocking
him seIi,eleSS To the deck. and breaking three OF
his ribs. On the thiId niynt Joe was taken out by
the captain and ''Asbury, VINO announced that |
they were going TO take him ashore The boys say
that they returned without Joe In about fifteen
minutes, and, the shore was nearly miles Oh,
h- could not have been paced there Finally :
81 October 80, last al noon, the boat was run INTO
harOOr, opposite Crapo. and the captain and Nate |
went asAore, returning at night OeastIy drunk. /
cured plank, stripped themselves OF all clothing
and together jumped into the hey water and SWAN 1
To shore at Grape, "A distance Oi half mile. The /
rest Of their story has been told Curran received
Telegram yesterday from his brother Albert, who
!, s teiegrapa operator at Atlanta and who said
DC taken oy the gentlemen who have cared Tor /
,ne boys since saturday night looking TO the cap
tlro and punishment Of Phillips and Adams
WHAT INSPECTOR swINDELLs SAYS.
Inspector SwindellS OF the detective corps told /
STAR reporter that at the beginning OF every
season complaints are made that some young man ]
has been taken or rather persuaded away and |
taken dOwn on the bay TO dredge oysters; but as |
they are persuaded and not kidnapped nothing |
can be done BY the officers -Only a weexs
agO, said the Inspector, "a coiOred woman from ,
west Washington came here TO make complaint
about her boy. she said that he had been per- /
suaded away and taken from Baltimore down on |
The bay, and wanted 10 know what she could do |
about IL Tnere was nothing 10 be done about 1t /
here and 50 sent her TO Marshal Frey ia Bal
the district Attorney
How THAT these persons who want work have !
10 oe PERSUADED 10 80 down the bay?'
They are not Persuaded that way said the in |
spectoT They are simply told that II they 20 to
Baltimore they Will get good situation and be- !
lore long They ma themselves On oyster slOop I
going down the bay. II the unfortunate individual
works he gets something 10 eat, according 10 re-
prt, and II ne dies he Is fed 10 the oysters and
N>l- Ii, on the Oh GER naDd he lives 10 return he
VII have been taught a lesson that Will last him
The balance Of hls IlIe.'
have any Gases OF kidnapping ever been re-
ported nrre?' asked the reporter.
NoJ thaI Remember answered the Inspector:
but am told thai SUCH ia Baltimore are vi
ffCUIrnt OCcUnrnce
The Bnse.Balf War.
COAEEsPUSDkSCE BETWEEN LEAGUE AND BROTHER
HOOD oFFIcIaLs-THE DATE OF A POSSIBLE CONFER
KSCE CHANGED TO NOVEMBER L..